Mindfulness: Optimise Mental Function and Improve Wellbeing An unmissable opportunity to hear from internationally renowned speaker Gelong Thubten, Friday December 8th 2pm We are delighted to be able to offer you a FREE talk with Gelong Thubten, who travels the world teaching companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Siemens and Accenture, on how to bring mindfulness into the workplace.… Continue Reading

Words of wisdom from our loving Choje Lama Yeshe Rinpoche blessed the Grand Opening Day of the new Tibetan Centre for Kagyu Samye Dzong Cardiff, on 24 September 2017 It was a warm, bright afternoon as Laura Bradshaw’s Cardiff Canton Singers stood in front of the Samye Foundation singing a variety of lively traditional songs… Continue Reading

Lama Yeshe Rinpoche stands at the helm of the secular Samye Foundation and is one of its directors. He is also the Abbot of Europe’s first Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Kagyu Samye Ling Based in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the monastery was co-founded by his brother, and former Abbot, the late Akong Tulku Rinpoche. It was… Continue Reading

Grand Opening Day We are delighted and honoured that Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, Abbot of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery, and Director of Samye Foundation Wales, will preside over the Grand Opening of the new building at Cardiff Kagyu Samye Dzong’s Tibetan Buddhist centre on Sunday 24th September. Plan for the Day Our programme for the… Continue Reading

As is our established practice we shan’t be holding any of the drop ins over August so they’ve now been removed from Meetup. We have a long retreat from the 18th-28th August as well as other events and staff absences. Similarly, we avoid starting new Mindfulness courses over the month of August and the 8… Continue Reading

Our next courses start up in September, after the brief break for the summer and the Donal Creedon retreat. We have 8 Week courses starting in Cardiff on Sept 5th and Caerphilly on Sept 7th and an introductory workshop on Fri 22nd September. We would be happy to run more courses from September if there… Continue Reading

Gelong Thubten has done two short videos for Mindvalley that we hope you’ll find informative. The first video is about gratitude and the second about forgiveness. Have a watch, like them on YouTube and share this inspirational content with your friends and family. Continue Reading

Mindfulness meditation has done a decent enough job of grabbing some mainstream attention over the last few years. The cross from East to West is largely attributed to the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, along with a curiosity in the practice from those in the Hollywood Hills. Aside from this, I also believe the technological advancements… Continue Reading

We had fabulous weather for our guided walk with local wildlife expert, Neville Davies on Saturday 1st July. The walk went from a 10am start until our return to the Traveller’s Rest at 1.15pm, for a well deserved drink and a natter before dispersing. Neville was a great guide, showing us orchids, funghi (edible and… Continue Reading

We have made some changes to our newsletter system. This allows us to give you options about the content of emails that you’d like to receive. You simply need to tell us the types of emails that you want to receive and you can update your preferences any time. You can go to here to… Continue Reading